To view: A Slate quiz asks viewers to distinguish photos of Tea Partiers from photos of Occupy Wall Street protesters.
By employing the concept of figure-ground, a viewer can easily distinguish between the main figure on a map and the background information.
Distinction is often made between erotica and pornography (as well as the lesser known genre of sexual entertainment, ribaldry), although some viewers may not distinguish between them.
But in 1968 when I was with the W.C.T. we started to get some exposure on television and the complaint was that the viewers couldn't distinguish one player from the other.
Do viewers distinguish between what they actually saw and heard and what somebody tells them it means?
Instrumental music is used in various parts of the story to represent different objects, people, animals, or actions, in order to help the viewer distinguish between various options.
However, since the projection is orthographic the viewer cannot distinguish between left or right, front or back and even if the object is rotating clockwise or anti-clockwise.
When the distance between the viewer and the receiver set is not large, the viewer can distinguish the lines.
The viewer cannot distinguish the features of the king and queen, but in the opalescent sheen of the mirror's surface, the glowing ovals are plainly turned directly to the viewer.
Cable television advocates seemed unruffled by the announcement, arguing that viewers no longer distinguish between broadcast and cable.